Talk About It - the First Years

We’re hoping to start a new movement talking about our own experiences
as student affairs graduate students and professionals! Student Affairs – the
First Years is prepared to bring you a post each day – excluding weekends. This
blog will attempt to paint a picture of what the professional today looks like
in Student Affairs. From work, life, and play in our field, we won’t
necessarily be talking about students but who we are outside our jobs/ roles.

Through conferences, networking
associations, friends in the field, and mentors one hears and sees the
successes, failures, and innovations that student affairs professionals are
experiencing all over the country. Here’s to a new medium to capture our own
stories. From one’s first job to one’s first conference presentation this blog
will kick-start new conversations on the challenges, professional development,
and student affairs highs/lows (everything is not perfect) that new
professionals experience every day.

To friends in student affairs and to graduate students fighting to
survive, best of luck! The blog team is excited to bring our own stories to
light. From all the writers of this blog, we welcome you!

Feel free to share this with other professionals, colleagues, and
graduate students within Student Affairs!